Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51218#.VFw802fHRK0 Author(s) Craig Sheedy 1 , Meng Xu 2 , Ben Saville 2 , Jill Simmons 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA . 2 Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA . 3 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA . ABSTRACT Background: Pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have increased risk for low bone mineral density, which may be due in part to low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. Vitamin D levels are influenced by sunlight exp...
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